Review: Luther and His World
I’ve come to appreciate small books. Perhaps I’ve grown lazy. Perhaps I use the excuse, “I don’t have time,” to dislike engaging in five or six hundred page examinations of this or that topic. Or, ...
Review: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
The subtitle of this engaging read is “A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”. Titles like that tend to upset the reader’s equilibrium. One never knows what to expect when he hears the word “radical”. ...
Review: Galatians
Readers of The Shepherd’s Study are familiar with the circumstances surrounding Paul’s letter to the Galatians, but it is always edifying to review. Certain missionaries were trying to persuade Paul’s Gentile converts in Galatia to ...
Review: The Mother of the Reformation
Almost every Lutheran has heard what a remarkable person Katharine Luther was. Yet how much do we actually know about her life? Not as much as we would like, says her biographer Ernst Kroker. "With ...
Review: Balanced Christianity
In this terse book, Stott addresses what he calls in the opening chapter a “tragedy” in “evangelical Christians” – “polarization” (7). This is the tendency toward one pole or the other in any issue. Whether ...
Divine Communication
Dear Brother, "He will not speak of his own; he will speak only what he hears" (John 16:13). Did you catch the glimpse of an astounding mystery of the interaction of the persons of the ...
Review: Christ Have Mercy
I: Content The subtitle to this pleasant little book is How to Put Your Faith into Action. Under the theme of the Kyrie, Harrison takes us along on a tour of different situations and mission ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2014
Volume 17, Number 5. Prof. Paul Koelpin stresses the importance of context, while Pastor Nathan Strobel approaches the audience of young adults. Location, Location, Location Preachers are often tempted to equate text study with word ...
Voice Lessons
Dear Brother, How are your voice lessons going? "His sheep follow him because they know his voice" (John 10:4). One way to summarize our calling as God's children is to speak of it as voice ...
Review: Letters from a Counselor
Letters from a Counselor was written to encourage pastors in mission congregations during the busy, stressful times of Advent and Holy Week. Wayne Schulz's encouragement to his missionaries to witness for Jesus is relevant for ...